3400 Aotearoa
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3400 Aotearoa is an inner main-belt asteroid
discovered on April 2, 1981 by Alan C. Gilmore
and Pamela M. Kilmartin
at Mount John University Observatory
.
Aotearoa
is the Māori language
name for New Zealand.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered on April 2, 1981 by Alan C. Gilmore
Alan C. Gilmore
Alan Charles Gilmore is a New Zealand astronomer.He has discovered some forty asteroids, each one in collaboration with Pamela M. Kilmartin; both of them are also active "nova-" and "comet-hunters". He works at Mount John University Observatory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of...
and Pamela M. Kilmartin
Pamela M. Kilmartin
Pamela M. Kilmartin is a New Zealand astronomer.She has discovered some forty asteroids, each one in collaboration with Alan C. Gilmore; both of them are also active comet-hunters.She is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand ....
at Mount John University Observatory
Mount John University Observatory
Mount John University Observatory , is New Zealand's premier astronomical research observatory. It is situated at ASL atop Mount John at the northern end of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island, and was established in 1965...
.
Aotearoa
Aotearoa
Aotearoa is the most widely known and accepted Māori name for New Zealand. It is used by both Māori and non-Māori, and is becoming increasingly widespread in the bilingual names of national organisations, such as the National Library of New Zealand / Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa.-Translation:The...
is the Māori language
Maori language
Māori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...
name for New Zealand.